Storytelling as Survival: The Native American Struggle For Selfhood and Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Katryn Anne Sandler
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Binghamton University, 2010.
"This survey textbook overviews Native American literature from its origins in poems and creation myths of the continent's hundreds of Native cultures. Texts are organized with major sections on creation myths, fiction, poetry, and nonfiction/memoir."
Stories in book are based on accounts from Indigenous people who attended Kuper Island Residential School. Lesson plan is intended for use with Grades 9 and 10.
A series of lesson plans for each of the teachings: respect, wisdom, love, bravery, humility, honesty and truth. Related material: Student Manual.
Examines the story Stolen Life by Rudy Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson.
Series of five short videos which look at traditional Cree understandings of astronomy.